As a Rusyn, Warhol himself grew up in a powerfully Byzantine Catholic setting, with its crosses, holy pictures, and statues, which are amply represented in the Brooklyn Museum exhibition. Nor could ...

BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the ...

In February, the Vatican announced that synod organizers invited 300 parish priests from around the world to meet in Rome from April 28 to May 2 in an effort to shape synodal discussions.

Cross explained that the tiny Russian Byzantine Catholic Church was formed by Russian Orthodox who saw the pope, the bishop of Rome, as an essential element for the fullness of orthodoxy.

On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pope Francis celebrated the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and called Christianity without the Cross worldly and sterile. “Crucifixes are found all ...

WILKES-BARRE — From the end of the Nesbitt Boat Launch, the Rev. Mykhaylo Prodanets tossed a large cross sculpted from ice into the Susquehanna River on Sunday. As he threw both the cross and a ...

Byzantine Catholics observe milestone Editor; There are many Catholic parishes in the Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton areas that belong to the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.

But St. John’s congregation resisted and clung to their Byzantine Catholic heritage. “Being at that time, the western-most parish of the Byzantine Catholic Church, it had no neighboring parishes for ...

HOLY GHOST BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH (ded. 1910) blends features of both Byzantine and Romanesque style architecture reflecting its dual religious heritage. Designed by architects M. E. Wells and ...

Every Catholic should experience the Great and Holy Friday Burial Vespers in the Byzantine tradition at least once in their lives.